{"id":6355,"date":"2015-11-25T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T09:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:47:07","slug":"nov26-syria-tu160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/nov26-syria-tu160\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Data on Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers&#8217; Pilots Is Disclosed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In response to the continuous provocations and aggressive actions of sabotage-reconnaissance groups of the united Russian-separatist forces in Donbas, we publish the next portion of the data on Russian pilots of Tu-160 supersonic strategic heavy bombers, which hit the peaceful Syrian citizens and moderate opposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Ministry of Defense uploaded a video clip with a mission sortie of <strong>&#8216;Valery Chkalov&#8217; Tu-160 aircraft (tail No. &#8216;RF-94110&#8217;) <\/strong>on November 20, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_070.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15954 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_070.png\" alt=\"Selection_070\" width=\"856\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video shows the launch of a\u00a0cruise missile (presumably of type Kh-555) at a target in the Syrian territory.\u00a0It bears reminding that starting from November 17, within the Russian military operation in Syria, the strategic bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-160 began conducting massive air strikes with Kh-555 and Kh-55SM cruise missiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_076.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15956 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_076.png\" alt=\"Selection_076\" width=\"855\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_077.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_077.png\" alt=\"Selection_077\" width=\"855\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, based on the open data published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ruspotting.net\/page\/index.html\/_\/reports\/-\/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BA-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B-%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%B3-%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81-r379\">ruspotting<\/a> resource (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UoV93\">archive<\/a>), InformNapalm has analyzed the information about preparations for the Victory Day&#8217;s parade, which contained a picture of\u00a0&#8216;Valery Chkalov&#8217; Tu-160\u00a0warplane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9521b4fb6b9b3a93d7e04a479f2c0bedc372c9b6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15957 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9521b4fb6b9b3a93d7e04a479f2c0bedc372c9b6.jpg\" alt=\"9521b4fb6b9b3a93d7e04a479f2c0bedc372c9b6\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>Next,<strong> Tveritin Igor Yurievich<\/strong>, the commander of this aircraft, was disclosed in a footage by &#8216;Vesti 24&#8217; channel (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xBVpP\">archive<\/a>). He held the rank of &#8216;guards major&#8217; in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_078.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15958 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_078.png\" alt=\"Selection_078\" width=\"951\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a picture of preparations for the Victory Parade in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd.jpg\" alt=\"99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, based on the information from the forum of Balashov\u00a0Aviation High Military School (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/uXykT\">archive<\/a>), InformNapalm&#8217;s volunteers have found the following data on Igor Tveritin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>he graduated from this institute in 1997<\/li>\n<li>phone No.\u00a08-987-331-12-84;<\/li>\n<li>e-mail: samolet222@mail.ru<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On November 21, Russia&#8217;s MD published the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ja_kvsngEFI\">video<\/a> with a missile launch from Tu-160 aircrafts. It is not really clear why did they blur the tail No. of this bomber (at 00:32) since it can be easily identified by its name seen on further slides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_066.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15960 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_066.png\" alt=\"Selection_066\" width=\"854\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAt 01:20 you can see that this is <strong>&#8216;Aleksandr Golovanov&#8217; Tu-160 bomber (tail No. &#8216;RF-94104&#8217;)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15962 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o1.jpg\" alt=\"12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o\" width=\"935\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a>The information in an article on ugresh.ru website (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PTnSl\">archive<\/a>) gave us the names of the crew members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Artur Petrenko<\/strong> &#8211; major, commander<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timur Gasanov<\/strong> &#8211; engineer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denis Borisov<\/strong> &#8211; navigator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15963 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9370.jpg\" alt=\"9370\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Denis Borisov,\u00a0<\/strong>photo from 2010 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JI5u9\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12357.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12357.jpeg\" alt=\"12357\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Timur Gasanov<\/strong>, photo from 2008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UhPRR\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15965 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"310\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSee also:\u00a0&#8220;<b><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/war-in-syria-russian-long-range-bomber-aviation-and-the-stray-missiles\/\">War in Syria: Russian Long-Range Bomber Aviation And The \u2018Stray Missiles\u2019<\/a>&#8220;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/15951-otvet-na-narushenyya\">Original article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the continuous provocations and aggressive actions of sabotage-reconnaissance groups of the united Russian-separatist forces&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":6356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,528,5,531],"tags":[357,513],"class_list":["post-6355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainnews","category-news","category-terrorussians","category-syria","tag-russian-aggression","tag-syria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Syria: Data on Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers&#039; 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He held the rank of 'guards major' in 2013.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_078.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15958 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_078.png\" alt=\"Selection_078\" width=\"951\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis is a picture of preparations for the Victory Parade in 2015.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd.jpg\" alt=\"99e89596be241dcf6171b00ad1a62eea9572a1fd\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAlso, based on the information from the forum of Balashov\u00a0Aviation High Military School (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/uXykT\">archive<\/a>), InformNapalm's volunteers have found the following data on Igor Tveritin:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>he graduated from this institute in 1997<\/li>\r\n\t<li>phone No.\u00a08-987-331-12-84;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>e-mail: samolet222@mail.ru<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOn November 21, Russia's MD published the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ja_kvsngEFI\">video<\/a> with a missile launch from Tu-160 aircrafts. It is not really clear why did they blur the tail No. of this bomber (at 00:32) since it can be easily identified by its name seen on further slides.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_066.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15960 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Selection_066.png\" alt=\"Selection_066\" width=\"854\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a>\r\nAt 01:20 you can see that this is <strong>'Aleksandr Golovanov' Tu-160 bomber (tail No. 'RF-94104')<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15962 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o1.jpg\" alt=\"12298117_1526364664342672_397905158_o\" width=\"935\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a>The information in an article on ugresh.ru website (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PTnSl\">archive<\/a>) gave us the names of the crew members:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Artur Petrenko<\/strong> - major, commander<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Timur Gasanov<\/strong> - engineer<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Denis Borisov<\/strong> - navigator<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9370.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15963 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9370.jpg\" alt=\"9370\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Denis Borisov,\u00a0<\/strong>photo from 2010 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JI5u9\">archive<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12357.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15964 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12357.jpeg\" alt=\"12357\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Timur Gasanov<\/strong>, photo from 2008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/UhPRR\">archive<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-15965 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"310\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\r\nSee also:\u00a0\"<b><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/war-in-syria-russian-long-range-bomber-aviation-and-the-stray-missiles\/\">War in Syria: Russian Long-Range Bomber Aviation And The \u2018Stray Missiles\u2019<\/a>\"<\/b>\r\n\r\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>)\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/15951-otvet-na-narushenyya\">Original article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NikolayMahno\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolay Mahno<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6355"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6366,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6355\/revisions\/6366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}